Indigenous Albuquerque

{{Short description|2011 non-fiction book by Myla Vicenti Carpio}}

{{Infobox book

| author = Myla Vicenti Carpio

| pub_date = 2011

| name = Indigenous Albuquerque

| publisher = Texas Tech University Press

| image = Indigenous Albuquerque book cover.jpg

| isbn = 978-0896726789

| genre = Non-fiction

| country = United States

| subjects = Sociology, equity, Indigenous history

}}

Indigenous Albuquerque is a 2011 non-fiction book by Myla Vicenti Carpio.

It explores the relationship between the Indigenous peoples in the Albuquerque, New Mexico focusing on community's lack of access to healthcare and social support.

Publication

Indigenous Albuquerque was written by Myla Vicenti Carpio and published by Texas Tech University Press in 2011.{{Cite news |last=Canfield |first=Kevin |date=April 8–11, 2011 |title=In Other Words |page=14 |work=The Santa Fe New Mexican |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/122099898/in-other-words-book-review/ |access-date=2023-04-01 |via=Newspapers.com |archive-date=2023-04-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230401230738/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/122099898/in-other-words-book-review/ |url-status=live }} Carpio (born 1965) is of the Jicarilla Apache Nation and has Laguna and Isleta Pueblo heritage.{{cite book |last1=Cobb |first1=Amanda J. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7hFh1-xwb5EC |title=The National Museum of the American Indian: Critical Conversations |last2=Lonetree |first2=Amy |date=2008 |publisher=University of Nebraska Press |isbn=9780803211117 |location=Lincoln |page=xxv}} She moved to Albuquerque as an adult and works as a Native American historian at the Arizona State University, Tempe.{{Cite web |title=Myla Vicenti Carpio |url=https://search.asu.edu/profile/8695 |access-date=2023-03-28 |website=search.asu.edu |language=en}} She is the co-editor of the [https://uapress.arizona.edu/series/ciis “Critical Issues in Indigenous Studies”] book series alongside Jeffrey Shepherd (UTEP) published by the University of Arizona Press.{{Cite web |title=Critical Issues in Indigenous Studies |url=https://uapress.arizona.edu/series/ciis |access-date=2023-03-28 |website=UAPress |language=en-US}}

Carpio wrote the book to challenge the prevailing academic views on Indigenous peoples in Albuquerque.{{Cite journal |last=Beck |first=David R. M. |date=2013-01-01 |title=Indigenous Albuquerque |url=https://scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/jaeh/article/32/3/113/230817/Indigenous-Albuquerque |journal=Journal of American Ethnic History |language=en |volume=32 |issue=3 |pages=113–115 |doi=10.5406/jamerethnhist.32.3.0113 |issn=0278-5927 |access-date=2023-04-01 |archive-date=2022-02-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220217034536/https://scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/jaeh/article/32/3/113/230817/Indigenous-Albuquerque |url-status=live |url-access=subscription }}

Synopsis

The book explores the relationship between the various Indigenous peoples and the City of Albuquerque with a particular focus on the extent to which the needs of Latino and Anglo communities have been prioritised over those of Indigenous people.{{Cite journal |last=Beninato |first=Stefanie |date=2011 |title=Indigenous Albuquerque |url= |journal=Journal of the West |volume=50 |issue=2 |page=99 |issn=0022-5169 |id={{EBSCOhost|75014871}}}} The book documents the extent to which community access to healthcare and social supports have been inconsistent from federal and local governments.{{Cite journal |last=Rosenthal |first=Nicolas G. |date=2013 |title=Indigenous Albuquerque |url=https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/nmhr/vol88/iss1/5/ |journal=New Mexico Historical Review |volume=88 |issue=1 |pages=108–109 |id={{EBSCOhost|8568821}} |access-date=2023-04-02 |archive-date=2023-04-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230402000443/https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/nmhr/vol88/iss1/5/ |url-status=live }}

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